ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1856-1901 ==================================================================== DERWENT ==================================================================== DERWENT ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 175 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Hamilton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 4 October 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William LANGDON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Langdon (1790-1879): Elected 1856 Term to expire 25 September 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 9 October 1856 DERWENT ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 164 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Hamilton -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 4 October, polling 24 October 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William LANGDON * 54 52.9 William S Sharland 48 47.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 102 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharland was MLC for Cumberland 1851-56. See House of Assembly 1861, New Norfolk. The Hobart Mercury (13 October 1859) described him as a "rabid ministerialist." -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Langdon (1790-1879): Elected 1856, 1859 Term to expire September 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 27 October 1859 DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 23 November 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William LANGDON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Langdon (1790-1879): Elected 1856, 1859, 1865 Langdon retired at the 1871 election. Died 23 May 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 29 November 1865 DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 9 December 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter A B GELLIBRAND Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand (1832-1909): Elected 1871 Born 17 October 1832, Derwent Park Career: Farmer. Brother of Thomas Gellibrand MHA, William Gellibrand MHA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 11 December 1871 DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 21 December 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter A B GELLIBRAND * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand (1832-1909): Elected 1871, 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 22 December 1877 DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 10 November 1883 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter A B GELLIBRAND * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand (1832-1909): Elected 1871, 1877, 1883 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council from 1 July 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 22 December 1877 DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 2 May, polling 4 May 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Walter A B GELLIBRAND * 89 54.9 Ebenezer Shoobridge 73 45.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 162 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoobridge was MHA for New Norfolk 1882-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand (1832-1909): Elected 1871, 1877, 1883, 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to 9 July 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 8 May 1889 DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 7 May 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Walter A B GELLIBRAND * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand (1832-1909): Elected 1871, 1877, 1883, 1889, 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launcenton Examiner, 8 May 1895 DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 28 April, polling 7 May 1901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellis DEAN 214 57.1 Hon Walter A B Gellibrand * 161 42.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 375 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand (1832-1909): Elected 1871, 1877, 1883, 1889, 1895. Defeated 1901 Died 5 November 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellis Dean (1854-1920): Elected 1901 Born: 1 July 1854, Macquarie Plains Career: Farmer. Various official posts. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 8 May 1901